[ARC5] YE-ZB at Midway

[Rich Post]

Hi Wayne,

I have written about the YE-ZB system, its equipment, and its intricacies
in the past but not the fine details of that specific incident, so please
send me a copy.   Does that book title have a subtitle?  Author name and
date?

Thanks,
Rich KB8TAD
kb8tad at gmail.com
<https://people.ohio.edu/postr/bapix/index.htm>

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 11:05 AM Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> At the Battle of Midway all 10 of the F-4F Wildcat fighters launched by
> the USS Hornet failed to find the IJN fleet, then failed to find their
> carrier, and ditched.
>
> I wondered why the YE-ZB system did not work for them, or if they even had
> it on board, and I recently read a piece in the book "From The Flight Deck"
> that explains what occurred.  If anyone is interested I will scan that
> section and e-mail it to you.
>
> Wayne
> WB5WSV
>
>
>
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